Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:05:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Marwan Dalal <dmarwan-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Happy King Day!


"the egypt of colonialism"!!!!

King was a great man, but for some reason missed a
spot in his global defense of anti colonial-imperial
struggles.

a year before King's posted speech, the late president
gamal abdel nasser delivered his:


Speech by President Nasser of the United Arab
Republic, September 15, 1956

In these decisive days in the history of mankind,
these days in which truth struggles to have itself
recognized in international chaos where powers of evil
domination and imperialism have prevailed, Egypt
stands firmly to preserve her sovereignty. Your
country stands solidly and staunchly to preserve her
dignity against imperialistic schemes of a number of
nations who have uncovered their desires for
domination and supremacy.

In these days and in such circumstances Egypt has
resolved to show the world that when small nations
decide to preserve their sovereignty, they will do
that all right and that when these small nations are
fully determined to defend their rights and maintain
their dignity, they will undoubtedly succeed in
achieving their ends. . . .

I am speaking in the name of every Egyptian Arab and
in the name of all free countries and of all those who
believe in liberty and are ready to defend it. I am
speaking in the name of principles proclaimed by these
countries in the Atlantic Charter. But they are now
violating these principles and it has become our lot
to shoulder the responsibility of reaffirming and
establishing them anew. . . .

We have tried by all possible means to cooperate with
those countries which claim to assist smaller nations
and which promised to collaborate with us but they
demanded their fees in advance. This we refused so
they started to fight with us. They said they will pay
toward building the High Dam and then they withdrew
their offer and cast doubts on the Egyptian economy.
Are we to declaim [disclaim?] our sovereign right?
Egypt insists her sovereignty must remain intact and
refuses to give up any part of that sovereignty for
the sake of money.

Egypt nationalized the Egyptian Suez Canal company.
When Egypt granted the concession to de Lesseps it was
stated in the concession between the Egyptian
Government and the Egyptian company that the company
of the Suez Canal is an Egyptian company subject to
Egyptian authority. Egypt nationalized this Egyptian
company and declared freedom of navigation will be
preserved.

But the imperialists became angry. Britain and France
said Egypt grabbed the Suez Canal as if it were part
of France or Britain. The British Foreign Secretary
forgot that only two years ago he signed an agreement
stating the Suez Canal is an integral part of Egypt.

Egypt declared she was ready to negotiate. But as soon
as negotiations began threats and intimidations
started. . . .

Eden stated in the House of Commons there shall be no
discrimination between states using the canal. We on
our part reaffirm that and declare there is no
discrimination between canal users. He also said Egypt
shall not be allowed to succeed because that would
spell success for Arab nationalism and would be
against their policy, which aims at the protection of
Israel.

Today they are speaking of a new association whose
main objective would be to rob Egypt of the canal and
deprive her of rightful canal dues. Suggestions made
by Eden in the House of Commons which have been backed
by France and the United States are a clear violation
of the 1888 convention, since it is impossible to have
two bodies organizing navigation in the canal. . . .

By stating that by succeeding, Abdel Nasser would
weaken Britain : s stand against Arab nationalism,
Eden is in fact admitting his real objective is not
Abdel Nasser as such but rather to defeat Arab
nationalism and crush its cause. Eden speaks and finds
his own answer. A month ago he let out the cry that be
was after Abdel Nasser. Today the Egyptian people are
fully conscious of their sovereign rights and Arab
nationalism is fully awakened to its new destiny....

Those who attack Egypt will never leave Egypt alive.
We shall fight a regular war, a total war, a guerrilla
war. Those who attack Egypt will soon realize they
brought disaster upon themselves. He who attacks Egypt
attacks tile whole Arab world. They say in their
papers the -whole thing will be over in forty-eight
hours. They do not know how strong we really are.

We believe in international law. But we will never
submit. We shall show the world bow a small country
can stand in the face of great powers threatening with
armed might. Egypt might be a small power but she is
great inasmuch as she has faith in her power and
convictions. I feel quite certain every Egyptian
shares the same convictions as I do and believes in
everything I am stressing now.

We shall defend our freedom and independence to the
last drop of our blood. This is the stanch feeling of
every Egyptian. The whole Arab nation will stand by us
in our common fight against aggression and domination.
Free peoples, too, people who are really free will
stand by us and support us against the forces of
tyranny….

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1956Nasser-suez1.html

happy king (and malcolm x, and huey newton) days...

--- Roxtica-AT-aol.com wrote:
> Happy King Day!
> 
> Below are two excerpts from Martin Luther King's
> speech on:
> A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the
> Area of Race Relations
> Address at Freedom Rally 
> 10 April 1957 
> St. Louis, Mo
>     
>     taken from: http://www.mlkonline.com/ballot.html
> 
> "We are not fighting for ourselves alone but we are
> fighting for this nation. 
> (Amen) Go back and tell those people who are telling
> us to slow up that there 
> are approximately two billion four hundred million
> people in this world. Go 
> back and tell them that two-thirds of these people
> are colored. (Yes, sir) Go 
> back and tell them that one billion six hundred
> million of the people of the 
> world are colored. (Yes) Most of them live on two
> continents. Six hundred 
> million in China. Four hundred million in India and
> Pakistan. A hundred 
> million in Indonesia. Two hundred million in Africa.
> Eighty-six million in 
> Japan. These people for years have lived under the
> bondage of colonialism and 
> imperialism. (Yes, sir) One day they got tired. One
> day these people got 
> tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of
> oppression. (Yes) One day 
> they got tired of being pushed out of the glittering
> sunlight of life's July, 
> left standing in the piercing chill of an alpine
> November. So as a result of 
> their tiredness they decided to rise up and protest
> against colonialism and 
> imperialism. As a result of their rising up, more
> than one billion three 
> hundred million of the colored peoples of the world
> have broken aloose from 
> colonialism and imperialism. (Yes, sir) They have
> broken aloose from the 
> Egypt of colonialism. [applause] They have broken
> aloose from the Egypt of 
> colonialism, and now they are moving through the
> wilderness of adjustment 
> toward the Promised Land of cultural integration.
> And as they look back you 
> know what they are saying? ARacism and colonialism
> must go in this world. (Yes
> ) They assembled in Bandung some months ago and that
> was the word that echoed 
> from Bandung: "Racism and colonialism must go."
> [applause]"
> 


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